Parents plan Manatee Creek Park cleanup following girl's sex assault

Park to be cleared of thick underbrush that gave attacker cover

Two mothers in the Manatee Creek neighborhood are planning a cleanup of the thick brush surrounding their neighborhood park, two weeks after a man lured a 10-year-old girl into the woods and sexually assaulted her.

Brook Oser started a Facebook page following the attack to bring the neighborhood together.

Another mother, Charity Laite, planned the park cleanup, to take place Sunday.

"I want to get rid of the brush so there is no place to lurk," Laite said.

Laite said she has dozens of volunteers promising to pull out the undergrowth; two landscape companies are pledging to help get the bigger brush out, and Martin County has agreed to haul away the debris.

Laite said one man has promised to install a surveillance camera as well.

"But in the meantime, I just want -- I want it to be a little safer," Laite said.